an advanced age.

_Hui Tsung_, emperor, poet, painter and calligraphist. Born in 1082,
ascended the throne in 1100, lost his throne in 1125 and died in
captivity in 1135. In the first year of his reign he founded the
Academy of Calligraphy and Painting. He made a large collection of
valuable paintings and rare objects of art which was scattered at
the plundering of his capital by the Tartars in 1225.

V. YUeAN DYNASTY

A.D. 1260-1368

_Chao Meng-fu_, also called _Ts[)u]-ang_. Born in 1254. Man of
letters, painter and calligraphist. He was a great landscape
painter and in the first rank as a painter of horses.

_Ch'ien Hsuean_, also called _Ch'ien Shun-chue_, lived at the end of the
thirteenth and beginning of the fourteenth century. He painted
figures, landscape, flowers and birds. He employed the style and
methods of the Sung dynasty.

_Yen Hui_ lived in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. His
paintings were numerous and indicate a master of the first order.
He painted many Buddhist and Taoist subjects.

_Huang Kung-wang._ Fourteenth century. At first influenced by the style
of Tung Yuean and Chue Jan, he later acquired an individual style and
was one of the great founders of schools in the Yuean period.

_Ni Tsan_, also called Yuen-lin (1301-1374). Man of letters,
calligraphist, collector of books and paintings. He is considered
to be one of the greatest painters of his time.

VI. THE MING DYNASTY

A.D. 1368-1644

_Chou Chih-mien_ lived in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. His
subjects were principally birds and flowers.

_Shen Chou_, also called _Shen Ki-nan_ or _Shen K'i_ (1427-1507).
Landscape painter. His composition is at times overladen, as is
often seen in Ming art.

_Lu Fu_ lived in the fifteenth century. He made a special study of the
plum tree in monochrome. He is comparable to the great Sung
masters.

_Wang Yuean-chang._ Died in 1407 at the age of 73. He painted the bamboo
and plum tree in monochrome. He carried on the Sung tradition,
with which he was directly connected, and was the founder of a
school.

_Wen Cheng-ming_ (1480-1559), painter, poet and calligraphist. He is
often compared with Chao Meng-fu.

_Ju-sue._ Known only under this appellation. He lived in the fifteenth
century and went to